Chapter 68: Purifying The Bloodline Limit
“Is there darkness in Konoha Village?” Orochimaru answered with the phenomena he had observed:
“First, you must admit the diversity of human hearts.
Some have good hearts, some have evil hearts; this objectively exists, and you cannot change it. The evil actions of evil people are also inevitable.
Second, some use dark means to achieve bright purposes, while others use bright means to achieve dark purposes.
Many things appear bright but contain darkness. Some things appear dark, but their ultimate purpose is bright.
Nothing is absolutely right or wrong; it depends on which stage the matter is in.”
Orochimaru’s words left the two from the Sarutobi Clan and Shimura Clan baffled.
Nawaki nodded; Teacher Orochimaru was absolutely right, but unfortunately, he could not accept it.
Why couldn’t the people in the village work together to improve the village, instead of all sorts of darkness appearing?
Nawaki stopped overthinking, squatted on the ground, pointed his finger to the ground, and used Senju Sensory Secret Jutsu to sense the vibrations on the surrounding ground.
“Enemy attack! Behind the boulder at 1 o’clock, there’s a person hiding!”
Nawaki rushed over first, with his two teammates following.
As the de facto squad leader, Nawaki would absolutely not let his two teammates take risks.
The most dangerous place had to be handled by Nawaki personally. No matter who the teammates were, this was his resolve with the goal of becoming Hokage.
Sounds of fighting came from behind the boulder.
Orochimaru walked forward unhurriedly.
Several seconds later, all sounds ceased.
Nawaki dragged out the corpse of a Stone Ninja from behind the boulder.
“Teacher, there might be a Stone Ninja reconnaissance squad nearby.”
“Hm, you take command and eliminate this squad.”
The three students left, while Orochimaru continued walking forward slowly.
With Nawaki’s current strength, normal Stone Ninjas were no match for him.
Only if there were Jonin or Elite Jonin would Orochimaru act.
The second Stone Ninja was more cunning, moving stealthily underground, probably using Earth Release: Earth Style: Fish in Water Reflection Jutsu.
However, this did not stump Nawaki; the underground vibrations could not escape Nawaki’s reconnaissance.
Yoru moved stealthily underground, pretending not to notice the pursuing Senju Nawaki, and only jumped out from the earth after Nawaki approached, then used Body Flicker to flee toward the trap.
Kiiroinu Captain had set up an ingenious trap and hid a kilometer away early to avoid detection by Orochimaru.
As long as the fox lured the enemy into the trap, the mission would be complete.
A small valley appeared ahead, with the entrance blocked by stones, and a small turn after the stones.
The trap was after the turn.
Yoru heard the whooshing sound behind his head, turned around, and used a kunai to block the three shuriken flying at him.
Senju Nawaki appeared with Body Flicker and smashed a fist toward Yoru’s face.
Yoru hurriedly raised his hand to block with his arm.
A powerful force came from his elbow.
The Senju Clan’s taijutsu style was brutal, open and sweeping, with immense strength.
Someone who had not yet taken the Chunin Exam already had such power.
Nawaki was also secretly shocked.
From the sensation transmitted through his fist, this Stone Ninja’s strength was also very strong.
Moreover, the vibration felt extremely tough; after one punch, except for the elbow moving slightly, the shoulder, waist, and other parts remained completely still.
This was not achieved by training certain specific muscles, but by having strong muscles and cells throughout the body.
Yoru possessed normal Senju Bloodline Limit, with a physique stronger than ordinary people.
At that moment, a Stone Ninja circled out from behind the boulder, wanting to help Yoru.
Yoru turned his head and shouted: “Don’t worry about me! Pass on the information! I’ll cover your retreat!”
That Stone Ninja immediately turned and left from behind the boulder upon hearing this.
Upon hearing the Stone Ninja wanted to pass on information, Nawaki hurriedly formed hand seals to use ninjutsu, no longer probing with Yoru.
What information had these Stone Ninjas scouted? Did they know the headquarters was advancing forward?
Just as Nawaki had previously deduced, after Mito Mon’en met with the Cloud Ninjas, Konoha’s command camp began preparations to break camp.
Hidden Cloud Village was stirring, wanting to strike a fatal blow while Hidden Stone Village was weak.
This information was extremely important and could not be allowed to be passed on by the Stone Ninja.
Nawaki threw out a shuriken and formed hand seals with both hands: “Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!”
Orochimaru nodded repeatedly from afar; Nawaki had already mastered this complex A-rank ninjutsu, as expected of a genius from the Senju Clan.
That idiot Jiraiya still hadn’t learned Teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi’s signature self-created ninjutsu.
Countless shuriken blanketed the sky like locusts, rapidly shooting toward Yoru.
Shuriken came from all directions, impossible to dodge.
The shuriken spun at extreme speed, emitting eerie sounds like saw discs.
He used a kunai to block a few shuriken, dispersing the shuriken shadow clones into white smoke.
But more shuriken hit him.
On his head, throat, chest, abdomen—all shuriken.
Yoru fell down.
Nawaki was very confident in his ninjutsu; the opposing Stone Ninja had several fatal wounds.
Before dying, Yoru saw Nawaki rush past the boulder first, turn the corner, and run into the valley.
Boom!
A violent explosion occurred!
The exploding tag trap personally set by Kiiroinu Captain would not necessarily be detected immediately even by Orochimaru.
Senju Nawaki was still too inexperienced.
Yoru died.
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His vision went black, and the scene changed.
When Yoru opened his eyes again, he saw a bright moon.
He had appeared ten days earlier, on the road pursuing Senju Kashi.
【Moon Arc activated!
Host has only one resurrection opportunity per month and will resurrect on the previous full moon night after death.
Reward one lucky draw opportunity:
1-A-rank Ninjutsu · Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu（Beginner）;
2-Senju Sensory Secret Jutsu;
3-Bloodline Limit · Wood Style Senju Bloodline Limit（Intermediate-Advanced, can be purified）.】
This··· all very tempting.
Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu, the signature ninjutsu of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s lineage.
The top ninjutsu among ninja tool throwing techniques.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Minato Namikaze—all knew this technique.
The second option was also extremely valuable: Senju Sensory Secret Jutsu.
Sensory ninjas are treasures, key protected ninjas in squads.
Hyuga Ninjas, Inuzuka Ninjas, Aburame Ninjas are the tactical cores of many squads.
Sensing was Yoru’s weakness.
Mastering sensory secret jutsu would greatly aid survival by detecting enemy positions in advance.
Senju Sensory Secret Jutsu involved placing fingers on the ground to sense enemy positions via ground vibrations.
Yoru also had Earth Release and coveted this secret jutsu.
The third option was surprisingly Wood Style Senju Bloodline Limit again.
Higher than the previous normal grade, intermediate-advanced level.
In other words, choosing this option would make his bloodline purity the same as mid-to-high Senju clansmen, similar to the pursuing Senju Kashi; without mishaps, he could become a Jonin around age
Yoru thought about it; ninjutsu and secret jutsu could be obtained later, but bloodline abilities were rare.
With the Senju Clan annihilation imminent, if he didn’t choose now, there would be no chance.
During the squad’s rest time, Yoru chose the third option: Wood Style Senju Bloodline Limit.
